Shochu that goes with coffee liqueur
Wine, liqueur and spirits
Mr Black or a good Japanese one. Awamori and shochu makers bottle their own, so this is not a foreign idea imposed on the spirit.
Grouped by what the shochu is made from, because that is the level the reasoning works at: what this does to an imo shochu is a fact about imo shochu rather than about one bottle. Within each style, the strongest matches and anything poured at our bar come first. The ranking is the same engine that recommends a mixer from a bottle, run the other way round.
Mugi shochu
Ark JakuunbakuMugi (barley) · FukuokaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Mugi HokkaMugi (barley) · KagoshimaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Aokage 'Forty-One Genshu - Throughbred Stallion' Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Asahi MannenboshiMugi (barley) · MiyazakiStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Coffee (cold brew)Chingu Black Iki Barley ShochuMugi (barley) · NagasakiStart with Oolong tea, Genmaichaiichiko ShinwaMugi (barley) · OitaStart with Mugicha (barley tea), Genmaicha
42 more, all of them in Mugi shochu
Awamori
Seifuku Vintage AwamoriPouredAwamori · Okinawa (Ishigaki)Start with Ginger ale, Daidai (bitter orange)Zuisen Kouryu AwamoriPouredAwamori · Okinawa (Naha)Start with Ginger ale, Black tea (Earl Grey)
15 more, all of them in Awamori
Kome shochu
Rice shochu stirred with vermouth is a martini at half the proof.
13 more, all of them in Kome shochu
Kokuto shochu
Amami Kokuto ShochuPouredKokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami)Start with Ginger beer, PineappleLento Kokuto ShochuPouredKokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami Oshima)Start with Ginger beer, GingerNankai White Oak ShochuPouredKokuto (brown sugar) · Kagoshima (Amami Oshima)Start with Ginger beer, Cinnamon
6 more, all of them in Kokuto shochu